Door catch



z, 1930- I F. F. FORSHEE 1,783,563.

DOOR CATCH v Filed Jan. 25, 1929 2 "22" "1 l3 7 23 It ,26 I /3 2r I INVENTOR Fx'anK F. Fovshee ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 2, 1930 UNITED STATES FRANK F. FORSHEE, or MANSFIELD, OHIO, assrenon row rstrnvenousn ELECTRIC e MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A COB PORATION 01E PENNSYLVANIA DOOR I 1- Application filedJanuary 2 4929. {serial 334311291 1 I My invention relates to casing doors and more particularly to door catches.

An object of my invention is to provide a relatively simple and e-fficient catch for a 5 casing door.

Another object of my invention is to provide a single means applied to a casing door for holding it in its open and in its closed position and for yieldingly opposing closing and opening movements of the door.

In practicing my invention, I provide in combination with a casing having an opening in one wall thereof and a door therefor hingedly mounted on the casing, a single metal member of substantially arcuate shape secured to the inside of the door adjacent the hinges thereof.

The arcuate member is provided at that end adjacent to the door with a resilient tongue portion bent out of the plane of the member for yieldingly opposing a closing movement of the door and for yieldingly holding the door in its closed position. The arcuate member is provided in its inner end with a lateral extending lug adapted to engage the casing adjacent an edge thereof to limit the opening movement of the door, and is so bent laterally as to yieldingly oppose the opening movement nearthe limit of its movement.

In the single sheet of drawings Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of a casing having a door catch embodying my invention associated therewith, parts of the casing and door being broken away to show the structure of the catch, and

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view in section taken on the line IIII of Fig. 1.

A casing 11 is shown generally as comprising a plurality of walls enclosing a suitable chamber 12. The casing may be provided with supporting members 13, and with a door 1 1 to close an opening 16 in one wall of the casing.

I have shown a casing 11 generally only, as the device embodying my invention may be employed with and applied to any kind of a casing having an opening adapted to be closed by a door hingedly mounted on the casing, such as a range oven casing or a stor- "age rasin'g applied'to and usedawith an electric range, ora small ovenywhich maybe heated inany' suitable or desired manner. In fact, the device embodying my invention "is applicable'to any kind of casing and door 'for closingthe same. l l

, The door 14 is provided with :hinge pins at its lower corners, which fit into hinge plates 17 suitably secured to thefroI-it wall of the 'casing :11. A handle or knob' 18'n1ay also beprovided at that portion or edge of'lthe door opposite to the hinges-'17 and the hinge pins fitting therein.' I door catch 19 is provided at each sideof the door 14 having a front lug-portion 21bent laterally of thepla'neof the member 19, which as shown more particularly in Fig. 1 of the drawings is 'of"substa ntia lly arcuate shape and which may be punched out of and formed f-rem asheet f metal I. j The member 19'is provided with aresilient tongue portion} 22 integral with the arcuate "portion and located at that end'of the member 19adjacenttothedoor 14.- -The tongue portion22 is bent laterally outofxthe' planev of the member 19 and ina direction'opposite "to'that of the'lug21' in order that it may yieldingly engage the edge 23"0fthe casing '11; 'As shown more particularly in Fig. 2 of the drawing, the tongue portion 22comp'rises -asubstantially straight portion bent'out of 1 the plane of the member 19 and an' endportionibent inwardlya'gain to provide ashoul- 'der24; p I

"At the innerend of themember- 19 there is provideda rintegral lug'portion 26, which 7 1 is bent lateralout of the plane of the member '19 andin a directionlopposite to that iniwhich the lug 21 is bent. The inner endportion'of themember: 19' adjacent to "and Within the lug 261is bentrout of the general planegof the 'mei'nber 19 in the same general 'directionas is the tongue portion 22. a Any suitable means forv securing. the members 19 to the inner. face of the: door adjacent tohinges may be provided and is here shown as embodying rivets 27.

The operation of the device embodying my invention is as follows: 7 When the door is in its closed position, as

shown in the drawings, the tongue portion 22, and more particularly the forward edge thereof, will be in engagement with the edge 23 of the casing immediately surrounding the opening 16 covered by the door, and the door will, therefore, be yieldingly held in its closed position by the tongue portion 22 and more particularly by the forward end thereof. The pull of an operator on the knob 18 to 10 open the door will bend the tongue portion 22 towards the general plane of the member 19 and permit of opening movement, which opening movement is yieldingly resisted when approaching the limit of its opening move- 15 ment by the bent rear or inner portion of the member 19 and is definitely stopped by the lug 26 engaging the casing on the inside sur- 1 face' thereof immediately adjacent to the edge 23.

2210 When reclosing the door, the straight and longer portion of the tongue 22 will yieldingly oppose a closing movement of the door by reason of engaging the edge 23 and both opening and closing movement of the door near 0225 the limits of travel thereof will therefore be yieldingly opposed by the member 19 so that an operator will have additional means for indicating that the limit of movement of the door is being reached. The yielding opposivso tion of the member 29 is valuable also as slowing down the movement of the door at each end of its travelin order to reduce the shock which mightotherwise occur if the door were given a sudden strong push or pull.

(33 Various modifications may be made in the device embodying my invention withoutde- ":parting from the spirit and scope thereof and -I' desire thatonly such limitations shallwbe placed thereon as are imposed by the prior mrosart or are set forth in the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

In combination with acasing anda door therefor hinged thereto, a fiat/metal member, sofsubstantially arouate shape, having one end 6&5 secured to the inside of the door adjacent to the hingeand having a resilient tongue por- -tionradjacent to the secured end of themetal member bent-out of the plane thereof to yieldingly engage the edge of the casing to oppose coora closingamovement of the door near its closed :position and to hold it-closed, the rear end -portionof the flat metal member being bent 'outof the plane thereof to yieldingly oppose :an opening movement of the door near its 1open position and having an integral lug ex- :tending away'from the plane :of the metal member to limit the opening. movement of the door. 7

' In testimony whereof, Ihave hereunto sub- 53 scribed my name this 15th day of J an., 1929.

FRANK F. FORSHEE. 

